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Exciting new plans for 2016 Festival of the Miner’s Ghost
Some exciting new plans are underway for this year’s Festival of the Miner’s Ghost in October. At a public meeting last Thursday night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club, Cobar Shire Council’s tourism officer John Martin said council had been in negotiation talks to bring the Moorambilla Maxed Out […]
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Cobar to mark half century milestone for local high school
It’s 50 years ago this week that Cobar High School first opened its gates to students. Built in 1966, the multi-million dollar facility had a sporting oval and spacious grounds and could accommodate 500 students when they first commenced their studies on May 9. According to the school’s history, as […]
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Council’s new GM keen to get straight down to business
Cobar Shire Council’s new general manager Peter Vlatko started work on Monday and is keen to get straight down to business. “I want to make sure that council, as a business, is running very efficiently,” Mr Vlatko told The Cobar Weekly on Monday. “I understand one of the challenges here […]
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Child dies in accident west of Cobar
A report is being prepared for the coroner after a fatal accident west of Cobar last week. Police and other local emergency services were called to the accident about 4pm last Thursday where a vehicle had left the road and rolled over around 110km west of Cobar. A 19 month […]
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Two inches of rain recorded in Cobar
The Cobar district has enjoyed widespread rain over the weekend with more than 50mm (two inches in the old scale) recorded at Cobar Meteorological Office. The rain started on Saturday afternoon with Cobar recording 6.8mm to 9am Sunday, with a further 45mm falling to 9am Monday. Bourke and Brewarrina both […]
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Rotary-funded shade structure to benefit many local groups
The Rotary Club of Cobar has been successful in securing an important community asset for Cobar. The club’s past president Gordon Hill said the Cobar club had become aware that the shade structure in the children’s play area at the Cobar Uniting Church Hall needed to be upgraded. The area […]
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